Sylvester's problem for beta-type distributions
Probability
2025-06-03 v2 Metric Geometry
Abstract
Consider i.i.d. random points in . In this note, we compute the probability that their convex hull is a simplex focusing on three specific distributional settings: (i) the distribution of is multivariate standard normal; (ii) the density of is proportional to on the unit ball (the beta distribution); (iii) the density of is proportional to (the beta prime distribution). In the Gaussian case, we show that this probability equals twice the sum of the solid angles of a regular -dimensional simplex.
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@article{arxiv.2501.00671,
title = {Sylvester's problem for beta-type distributions},
author = {Anna Gusakova and Zakhar Kabluchko},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.00671},
year = {2025}
}
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12 pages